Women's History

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Gibraltar (EUROPE) Vote to decriminalise and allow abortions (www.bbc.com)

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The Sorry History of Car Design for Women | JSTOR Daily (daily.jstor.org)

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Charlotte E. Ray Became The First Black Woman to Become a Lawyer in the U.S. - The Black Detour (theblackdetour.com)

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The Women Erased From the Story of No-Knead Bread (www.eater.com)

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The Chinese woman who invented the modern HIV test. (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Tracing the trailblazing lives of Poland’s first feminist activists — The Calvert Journal (www.calvertjournal.com)

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The female resistance fighters who escaped the Nazis but were considered ‘damaged goods’ back in France (www.msn.com)

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Have feminists ever not been on the "right side of history"?

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When the Telephone Was Considered Feminine | JSTOR Daily (daily.jstor.org)

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Ada Blackjack, the Indigenous woman who survived a desolate Arctic island | History | Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)

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The American History of Silencing Women Through Psychiatry | Time (time.com)

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Rediscovering Eve Adams, the Radical Lesbian Activist (archive.is)

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What Does It Mean to Call Helen Keller a Fraud? | JSTOR Daily (daily.jstor.org)

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Mrs Livingstone, I presume? Her husband explored Africa. But it was thanks to his wife | Daily Mail Online (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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In Memoriam: Pioneering Photojournalist Kay Lahusen (afterellen.com)

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Madeline Davis, Who Spoke to the Nation as a Lesbian, Dies at 80 - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)

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[US] The Court Case That Killed the 'Ladies Menu' - Gastro Obscura (www.atlasobscura.com)

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Meet Bessie Coleman, the First Black Woman to Get a Pilot's License - Atlas Obscura (www.atlasobscura.com)

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Hilma af Klint’s ‘miraculous’ art: ‘In dialogue with spirits, she found her own voice’ | Art | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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Girl Guides and MI5 (www.scotlandswar.co.uk)

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Arrested For Wearing Pants: The Story Of Emma Snodgrass (bust.com)

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She Raced the Boys and Took Their Trophies (www.messynessychic.com)

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The First Woman to Thru-Hike the Appalachian Trail Alone Did It as a 'Lark' - Atlas Obscura (www.atlasobscura.com)

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Mary Magdalene and various theories

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Libfems Then vs Libfems Now

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